Quotes About Relationships

But it is clear to Alix that Pat is actually a raging narcissist, and that no child of a narcissist ever makes it out into the world unscathed.

And the interview itself: reliving the early days of her relationship with Walter; telling her about her terrible mother; the look on Alix's face of rapt fascination, as though Josie were the most interesting woman she'd ever met in her life.

And they are a part of you. And with Viva it sometimes felt like we were continuations of the same person, that I began where she ended, and vice versa.

That's one thing I've learned. If you're with the right people then you're generally in the right place.

A WEAK MAN CAN'T LOVE A STRONG WOMAN. HE WON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HER.

Too weak to love properly. Too weak to be wrong.

Such a shit, her big brother. He hid it with a mischievous veneer of dark humour, but she sometimes suspected that the darkness ran much deeper.

Now that he was basically bankrolling her, the conversations made her feel inadequate and edgy.

Had Simpering Rachel who clutched men's arms at parties in order to repel a competitor for his attentions been there all along? How awful, she thought to herself. How absolutely awful.

It was finally becoming clear to her that love wasn't about finding someone perfect to marry. Love was about seeing through to the truth of a person, and accepting all their shades of light and dark. Love was an ability.

You are not a perfect woman.You have an evil temper, you're as blind as a mole, you're a deplorable poet, and frankly, your French accent could use some work." Supporting himself on his elbows, Leo took her face in his hands. "But when I put those things together with the rest of you, it makes you into the most perfectly imperfect woman I've ever known.

Dating is like trying to make a meal out of leftovers. Some leftovers actually get better when they've had a little time to mature. But others should be thrown out right away, No matter how you try to warm them up, they're never as good as when they were new.

I'd do almost anything for you. I think I'd kill for you. But I'm not going to comfort you while you cry in my arms over another man. - Gage Travis

Captain Phelan," Cam asked, choosing his words with care. "Have you come to ask for our consent to marry Beatrix?" Christopher shook his head. "If I decide to marry Beatrix, I'll do it with or without your consent." Leo looked at Cam. "Good God," he said in disgust. "This one's worse than Harry.

whether he stayed or left, whether they walked the same path or not. They could live on opposite sides of the world, and she would still be his.

Weddings are never about the bride and groom, weddings are public platforms for dysfunctional families.

I'd rather be insane with you than sane without you. - Jake to Lydia

You're far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You're far better suited as a wife.

Damn it. I don't know how to be a husband, or father. But since your standards in both areas seem to be relatively low, I may have half a chance at pleasing you.

Bad divorce?" Hardy asked, his gaze falling to my hands. I realized I was clutching my purse in a death grip. "No, the divorce was great," I said. "It was the marriage that sucked.

I've never wanted to be loved. And God Knows no one's done it yet.

They (mothers-in-law) never leave when they say they will. When my mother-in-law visits, the mice throw themselves at the cat, begging to be eaten.

Because letting someone in close meant they could hurt you. I knew all about that kind of fear. I lived with it.

I'm not the marrying kind -" St. Vincent snorted. "No man is. Marriage is a female invention.